Little Kerthen

Fishing Marks near Little Kerthen

Last updated: 3 weeks ago

Sea fishing in Little Kerthen, Cornwall puts you close to top marks like Praa Sands, Cudden Point and Keneggy Sands. These spots regularly produce on moving tides. Use the list below to compare distance, access and recommended rigs, then time your session to the tide and wind.

42 Marks Found

Gwithian Beach

(7/10)

5.3 miles from Little Kerthen

A long, exposed sandy surf beach on the east side of St Ives Bay between Hayle Towans and Godrevy. Shifting sandbars and gutters form along the tide, with more broken ground toward Godrevy. A classic surf mark for bass and rays; flatties show in calmer spells. Fish the flood into...

Bass Pollack Whiting Turbot Small-eyed Ray

Porthleven Beach

(6.2/10)

5.3 miles from Little Kerthen

An exposed shingle-and-sand surf beach immediately east of Porthleven Harbour. It shelves quickly and forms shifting gutters and bars that hold fish on flooding and ebbing tides. Summer brings bass, mackerel and garfish close in; autumn–winter sees whiting and dogfish. Night sessions produce flatfish (sole, plaice, dab). Powerful Atlantic swell,...

Bass Pollack Pouting Whiting Lesser Spotted Dogfish

Carbis Bay Beach

(6.7/10)

5.5 miles from Little Kerthen

A sheltered, sandy beach inside St Ives Bay, flanked by rocky headlands (Hawk's Point to the west and Carrack Gladden to the east). Clear water and a gentle slope make it good for surf bassing close-in, summer feathering for mackerel/garfish, wrasse and pollack around the rocky margins, and bottom fishing...

Bass Whiting Plaice Dab Thornback Ray

Longrock Beach

(6.8/10)

6.1 miles from Little Kerthen

Longrock Beach sits between Penzance (Eastern Green) and Marazion in Mount’s Bay. It’s a wide, gently shelving sand/shingle beach with clean ground and occasional rough/weed patches toward the Penzance end. The mark fishes year-round: surf conditions after a southwesterly blow bring bass close, while settled, clear weather in summer sees...

Bass Whiting Plaice Flounder Dover Sole

Porthminster Beach

(6.9/10)

6.3 miles from Little Kerthen

A sheltered, gently shelving sandy beach on the east side of St Ives with clean ground and rocky fringes at either end. Best fished at dawn, dusk, and after dark, especially the last two hours of the flood into high water. Summer brings mackerel, garfish and scad close in, with...

Bass Pollack Whiting Plaice Dab

Godrevy Point

(7/10)

6.4 miles from Little Kerthen

An exposed rocky headland at the northeast side of St Ives Bay facing Godrevy Lighthouse. The mark offers deep kelp-filled gullies, ledges and rough ground dropping into clean sand, giving year-round options. Prime times are the flood tide and dusk, with summer–autumn best for wrasse, pollack, mackerel and garfish, and...

Bass Pollack Pouting Whiting Three-bearded Rockling